Heat, Suffolk / Also Part of Norfolk
- When
- September 27, 12:50 PM EST to 1:50 PM EST
- Where
- Suffolk / Also Part of Norfolk forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.264, -71.125 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Massachusetts, September 27, 1998
The mercury soared to 86 degrees at Logan International Airport in Boston equalling the record for the date set in 1933. At the Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, the thermometer rose to 84 degrees breaking the record high for the date of 82 degrees set in 1908.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
The mercury soared to 86 degrees at Logan International Airport in Boston equalling the record for the date set in 1933. At the Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, the thermometer rose to 84 degrees breaking the record high for the date of 82 degrees set in 1908.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Eastern Norfolk
- When
- September 27, 12:50 PM EST to 1:50 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Norfolk forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.171, -71.184 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hurricane in Mississippi, September 27 to 28, 1998
- Hurricane in Louisiana, September 27 to 28, 1998
- High Wind in Mississippi, September 27 to 29, 1998
- Hail in New York, September 27, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, September 27, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, September 27, 1998
- Damaging Winds in New York, September 27, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, September 27, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, September 27, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 27, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, September 27, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, September 27, 1998
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, September 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5672794, 5672795.